i genuinely never cease to surprise
myself
well hello friends it is another day of
packing for a destination that i
didn't plan on going to a couple of
months ago
the reason that i initially had some
hesitation to go to thailand
even though i've wanted to go there for
a really long time is that it's a bit
complicated to get into right now with
all the coved restrictions so if you
guys are interested in hearing about
all the different things that i had to
do to make this trip possible so far
stay tuned till the end of the video
that's when i'll talk about it because
this is a packing video i'm so excited
to actually get my things together and
make
this happen so let us begin with my
carry-on this is basically my mini
suitcase for all of my gear
and my computer it does not leave my
side
so let's do that first this guy is
actually really easy to pack because
everything is already kind of in its
own case like i have my laptop all ready
to go
i have this guy which is a lifesaver
this has all of my different
cords all organized my external drive
all of my cameras sort of accessories
it's already all in this bag not
swimming all over my suitcase i also
have a really light
tripod from amazon whenever i need to do
sit down sort of videos
i have a little handheld selfie stick
that i put my light cameras on
i have my own four gimbal this is what i
use to
um shoot all of my live streams
i also have a little power converter
that i think i've had for over
10 years this guy has been with me to
so many countries and then i have my
little uh
action camera that i like to use for
vlogging which is the dji
action i also really like using the um
dji osmo pocket i usually put that in my
purse
i will also obviously be bringing the
camera that i'm currently filming on
which is the sony a6400 but that is
basically it that is basically my whole
carry-on and then alongside this
carry-on i'm also able to bring
a little purse this guy was with me on
my last trip and it's still
in really good condition it's from matt
and nat so this is usually where i would
put all of my documents
but moving on to my checked bag which is
this guy who is also from my last trip
this
is the osprey fairview the women's
edition
and what i really like about this bag is
it has this
detachable sort of day pack i don't know
if you guys can see on camera but it
does
come off which is really helpful if i'm
ever going
you know for a hike where i need more
than just a little purse and i will
level with you guys
the heaviest thing that i bring in my
checked luggage
is of course my beauty products i have a
whole you know
hang up thing with all of them and some
people might say you know just buy that
kind of stuff you know when you get
there but no
i do make some compromises on certain
products where it doesn't really matter
which brand you get
but there are some products that i
genuinely love that i can't always find
overseas
and that i really want to have on hand
so in saying that i would really like to
share with you guys
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any body washes or toothpaste so now
that we've got
the heaviest part of the bag out of the
way i'm gonna put this
at the bottom here and we are going to
continue
with everything else i actually just
bought these guys they are black
leather sneakers slash walking shoes
they're from ugg
and i'm gonna be wearing these guys on
the plane since they're a bit heavier
and then i have a pair of slides from
le chateau which will be great to just
pair with shorts
or a dress kind of a sort of wrap dress
but it's really light i think it'll be
good
even when it's plus 30 like it is right
now in bangkok
so i think this will be my fancy
going out kind of dress and then as far
as
bottoms go i have some denim shorts
from rip curl always a classic i have
another pair of
shorts that's more for like hiking or
you know active sort of activities i
think these are also from rip curl
and then i've decided to bring just one
pair of jeans because
i am going in the more summer months so
it is going to be really hot
i can just buy sweaters and all that
kind of stuff later on a jacket that i
thought would be very
important to bring is a windbreaker and
something that's also
you know water resistant so i have this
one from
marmot that i had on my last trip
and then i decided to just bring a light
uh
long sleeve just to be able to layer
underneath stuff
and then i have a whole bunch of tops
also all basically in white because i
want to be
as cool as possible i have an active
wear
sort of shirt for when i am hiking and
then just for variety and they don't
take up a lot of room i have
three tank tops and now comes the fun
stuff where i actually bought
two new bikinis that i am super excited
about
because not many people are traveling
and uh bikini village had like a
crazy uh sale where these are usually
like 130
dollar bikinis and i got them
for about like 35 40 each
i'm obviously not going to show you guys
my underwear or socks or any of that fun
stuff
so uh moving on to a umbrella
because uh thailand in may time does get
a little bit rainy
i also have a small microfiber towel
that i like to bring with me
whether it is to lay on the beach or i
actually put up my hair when i am doing
like a hair mask and this works really
good
and lastly i do have a
bag that i like to bring to put my dirty
laundry in
as i go because it makes it easier to
you know
bring down to a washing machine or to
give the staff at a hotel
and i'm not mixing my clean clothes with
my dirty clothes
and that is it i think that's actually
the main bulk
of the inside of
this bag i do have a couple other things
that i have to get before i go
i actually do have a few more things
that i need to put in this bag but i
think it's better to put it in this
day bag portion this bag right here i
actually have a lot of random stuff in
i have a first aid kit in here i have a
supply of contact lenses
i have my nail stuff i have a wine
opener because hotels don't always have
that
so just a whole bunch of random stuff i
have in this bag
and then this guy right here is actually
all of my makeup
which is incredible because this is like
half the amount that i brought last time
so you guys should be very
proud of me for that two books that i've
decided to
bring with me this is an absolute must
everywhere i travel
i love to have a physical agenda book
because it just doesn't work for me to
put things into my phone i need like a
visual reference
i actually like to write things down so
i always bring
a agenda with me and then this book
right here i'm super excited to read
it's called nomad capitalist and uh this
is actually written by a guy
andrew henderson who has a awesome
youtube channel where he talks all about
uh getting residencies in foreign
countries and all the rules that kind of
surround that
and that's just something that's super
important for me right now because i am
really considering what my options are
if i don't see myself
living in canada long term and
unfortunately
andrew has not yet made a audiobook
version of this
because that is usually how i listen to
books
i haven't uh bought a physical book in
forever
so if there was an audiobook version i
would have gotten that but since there
isn't
this is coming with me that is it my
friends i
uh don't want to congratulate myself too
soon because i bet you there are some
things
that i probably have missed that i will
have to
um add in here but to be honest i'm
actually feeling fairly confident
like this is actually not as bad as i
thought it would be like we even have
you know some wiggle room in here it's
not completely over
stuffed so now that we have a finished
packing i did want to sit down with you
guys
and have a little uh chat and break down
all the different rules about what you
have to do to enter thailand
as a tourist for most of last year
thailand was actually locked down
uh fairly severe there were no tourists
that were allowed i think
until october of 2020
so it's actually fairly recent that
they've even opened up
as a canadian i am able to go to
thailand visa free for a stay of up to
30 days but with the two-week quarantine
they now have extended it to be
45 days so you still get the same amount
of days that you would
even if you didn't have to quarantine
but something to note is that if you get
the visa on arrival
you are not able to extend your stay so
for that reason i actually decided to
apply for a visa
at the consulate general uh in vancouver
i had to send in my passport and a whole
bunch of different documents
and that allows me to stay in the
country for up to two months
that includes my quarantine but the
difference is that i can extend
for an extra month if i'd like to and
then after i received my visa i still
had
a lot of paperwork and appointments that
i had to make
the most expensive part of this whole
thing is definitely the
two-week hotel quarantine i ended up
choosing one of the less
expensive sort of packages because you
know it's a lot of money
i'm basically paying a hundred dollars a
day
of course that's much better than
canada's uh two thousand dollars
for three day quarantine at least you're
actually getting a fairly nice hotel
even at the lowest end their hotels are
very nice so once you have
all of that once you have your visa once
you have your asq booked
once you have your flight book your
insurance booked
then you go on this other website where
you have to apply for a
coe certificate of entry i believe it's
called
and then after you do all that uh the
next step
uh that i'm not at just yet is that 72
hours before you have to get a pcr
test and then you also have to go to a
doctor
and get them to write a letter that you
are symptom free
and fit to fly so i know what you're all
probably thinking and that is
why why would you go through all of this
trouble
to go to thailand right now when you
could just go to a destination that
doesn't even require testing
or just requires a pcr test but like i
said you guys i am an intuitive person
and for whatever reason
uh i have a feeling that this is the
place that i should go
i think it will be an interesting
experience to be
in thailand you know during this um
unique sort of time where there's
definitely going to be like 90 percent
less tourism uh than there usually is
but the other very main reason that i
really wanted to go to thailand right
now
is that i actually have some really
great friends there i have my friend
alex uh who has the youtube channel
reporter fi he creates some really great
content
and him and his wife have been asking me
to come visit them
in thailand for a couple of years now
and then lastly the other reason that i
thought it would be interesting to go
is because thailand is probably the
lowest
covert case country that i have been to
yet
in this whole last year and i think it
would be interesting to see
how they're dealing with things so yeah
that is uh the synopsis
of why i've decided to go to thailand
and it is just such a process uh to get
all of my documents
together i think this was even more
complicated than applying for my visa
to russia which took so long so this is
definitely
the most extensive process i have ever
gone through
to enter a country so i hope you guys
enjoyed today's video
packing with me and once again a very
big thank you to
native for sponsoring this video they
are such a cool company
and i'm gonna have that link in the
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they are amazing
so that is it guys thank you so much for
tuning in
i guess the next time you're gonna be
seeing me is hopefully
in thailand uh i really hope that uh
everything goes
according to plan because one of the
things that already happened
in this past week was my original flight
one sect of it
got cancelled so i'm really hoping
that everything goes smoothly going
forward and i get to thailand all right
somebody is actually like meeting me
from the hotel so you can't run away you
know they take you
they take you straight there i will see
you guys in thailand
hope you're having a great day and keep
being your own kind of beautiful
bye guys
you